The Traps of Black Swan

At another end of the hotel, after changing into a backless short black summer beach dress, Aarvi tied her hair into a messy bun while Aaron waited for her leaning on the door in his casuals.

Her slender body, petite face, and her look are innocent and pure. If he thinks as sexy, she was alluring, if he thinks as his little cupcake, she was pretty and cute. If he thinks as President Evans, she looked confident, bold, and daring.

The beauty held in the eyes of the beholder perfectly suited them.

"Let's go," Aarvi said without noticing his adoring gaze and led him to the restaurant in the hotel.

They were almost done with lunch, Aarvi left everyone stupefied instructing, "Secretary Wen, I need tools for building a sandcastle. Please arrange it. Thank you."

Aaron had a different plan but he didn't say it and asked her in curiosity, "Do you like sandcastles?"

"Not really. When I wanted to build it, I didn't get a chance. Now I can do whatever I want." Aarvi casually said eating her ice cream while her mind reminded her of the past.

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When she built the smallest castle in the sand in her playschool, teachers and other students praised her. She was really excited to show it to her parents and took the cardboard on which she had built.

Thinking her castle would be destroyed in the car, she had walked more than a mile holding it ignoring the ache of her arms or strain of her little limbs.

Entering her home, she happily displayed it to her mother and father in the living hall expecting nothing but a simple smile on their face and a word of compliment or probably just a pat on her head.

But her mother had kicked the cardboard that was in the little hands and scolded her with her father without caring whether that sand went to her eyes or nose or mouth when she stood silently crying with sand all over her.

...

Aarvi bit her lips to control her emotions and sat undisturbed. Now she doesn't care if anybody likes or loathes or ignores her. All she needs is herself.

Aaron smiled perceiving she was enjoying herself forgetting work and her troubles. Taking her on outings frequently added to his list.

Both went to the beach when secretary Wen arranged the required tools easily with the hotel management's help.

Sitting on the sand, Aarvi saw Aaron standing like a statue, "If you don't want to build, why are standing here? Leave." She missed Shawn and Dax. Her first real sand building was with them, she had thought they would laugh at her but they had excitedly built with her and it had come out amazing.

Aaron rubbed the side of his forehead pursing his lips. He actually doesn't know anything about it so he didn't know what to do even though he wanted to be with her.

Aarvi who had started digging with a long-handled, lightweight shovel noticed him still standing so she guessed without a word, "I will teach you, come here."

Secretary Wen who had thought Aaron doesn't like playing in the sand was speechless seeing him kneel next to her. 'My eyes are blessed.' He went to the beach lounge under the shade and opened his laptop occasionally peeking at them and even sent their picture to Shawn who wanted every update about them.

Aarvi passed the shovel and said, "Dig."

"Oh!" Holding it, he looked at her, "Length, breadth, and depth?" He asked seriously, causing her to burst into laughter.

Aaron: "..." He was happy she was laughing because of him but she was laughing at him. He was about to throw the shovel, Aarvi spoke.

"Sorry sorry, we just want the depth-first until you get the water, we will use that water and wet soil to build whatever we want. Bringing water from the sea and walking back and forth repeatedly is very tedious so this method is used."

Aaron nodded hearing her patiently explain in the simple and easier way before he could ask any more questions for it.

"We can use buckets or molds to achieve the shapes but if the wet soil doesn't have proper consistency of soil and water, we can't achieve the required shape while unmoulding. You should try once to know that."

Aarvi spoke as she continued removing the soil from the hole he was digging, "So we will stack handfuls of wet sand and crave the desired shape and design."

"Are you going to build the castle?" Aaron asked while his concentration was on her hands to be careful so that he shouldn't hurt her even by mistake.

"Nope, I will go for modern buildings... We hit the water... Now it will fill in." Aaron understood it was a simple well mechanism.

Aarvi suggested, "I will build mine, you watch and learn, you start building too, I will help you if needed. These are the carving tools."

Aaron saw her excited so he nodded and both started taking wet soil out and starting their designing. Since she said she will build a modern house, he chose the same too. Initially, he saw her how she started and soon got the idea. He was a quick learner and he needed limited time.

While both were busy building their sand house, Secretary Wen had the feeling of, he brought his children to play at the beach rather than on a business trip with his boss. And three didn't care about the Hays couple.

After half an hour, Aarvi was admiring Aaron's sand art architecture. It was sleek and elegant, She could say he was more comfortable with polygons than the curves which were slightly uneven on the closure look.

Aaron was smiling looking at her tall circular Rubix like the architecture of the sand tower. She was proficient in using the carving tools and every geometry shape balancing the gravitation of it perfectly.

She is an expert where he lacked so undoubtedly a pleasing smile plastered on his lips looking at it and Aarvi looked like an enthusiastic kid taking the pictures of both of their sand art.

Aarvi stood next to him watching their art and said, "You are amazing." for learning it quickly and even doing it finely.

Aaron pinched her cheek purposefully to smear some sand on her face, "You are wondrous."

Aarvi brushed her face with her hand and smeared some more sand causing him to chuckle, "That's cute."

Pouting at him, she didn't have sleeves so she rubbed her cheek on his arm, puffed her cheeks to show off. That made him happier instead of angry.

Aarvi suggested happily, "Now let's build together, a bigger one."

Aaron didn't let her excitement dampen and agreed as a smile crept on his face. Both had just kneeled, a man who was tall and had strong built quickly reached them.

"President Rivas, Miss. Evans, Young Master Hays, and his girlfriend were looking into the information about Miss. Evans. Since we had the security cameras under control, they found nothing about Ms. Evans. But Young master Hays is coming this way."

Aaron nodded while Aarvi was impressed Aaron had everything under control. He took her aside quickly without asking if she was fine to meet him or not.

"You knew they would check about you, didn't you?"

Aarvi nodded, "Any loopholes I leave, I will keep a plan ready for that. I wanted to see if Vance Hays believes the girlfriend or his sight. Seems like, he loves his girlfriend dearly."

'His sight?' Aaron's eyes turned dark and his forearm went on her nape to pull her gaze on him from Vance, "Is he the reason behind your state?"

Aarvi could say he is waiting for just to hear yes but she didn't disclose anything, "Not really."

Aaron wanted just the smallest proof saying who tried to kill her, he wouldn't think twice to destroy everything they have but Aarvi's dialogue for Harmons and Hays was 'Not really.'

Aarvi continued, "Am I incapable that I need you to handle my prey?"

Aaron straight objected to it, "You aren't. I am the incapable one here." If he had destroyed the ones who hurt her before she woke up from the coma, he wouldn't have said himself as incapable. He got to know Harmon was in the picture after she started her plans so he never felt he was capable in front of her.

She felt a strange seeing the bleakness in his eyes, like the sense of loss. She stood on her toes and wrapped her arm around his neck and another on his back.

Her voice was frosty cold saying, "There wasn't one behind everything." Then her voice turned slightly calm when he hugged her back, "You aren't incapable... Don't overwork about this, just worry about your hospital and company... And your sister's heart."

She smiled saying the last point and earned a flick on her head when she stood back, "It's YOU."

Aaron thought to wait for her until she could open up about that group. He knew she wanted to handle everything so he decided to protect her but if anybody tries to touch her again, he will be merciless.

He saw Aarvi's darkening face and turned to check her line of sight, Vance first kicked Aarvi three-foot sand art and then he stepped on Aaron's sand art and walked away as if he did nothing.

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A new early goal of Aarvi - Collecting the debts with millions of fold for their sand art.